plum-yew

1. 1.

   any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals

   Broaderconifer

   Part ofCephalotaxus

Questions about plum-yew

What does plum-yew mean?

plum-yew means "any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals".

How many syllables are in plum-yew?

plum-yew has 2 syllables: plu-m-yew. The stress falls on "plu".

Is plum-yew a common word?

plum-yew is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.